I am a freelance songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand, and I can write melody, lyrics or both. I prefer the pop/classical style (in the spirit of ABBA, Celine Dion, Richard Clayderman, Bee Gees) but am willing to take a shot at almost anything. My songs “Dream A Dream” and “I Want To Fly Away” have been featured on two volumes of WOA Records’ Independent No. 1s compilation albums, and more recently, my only musical “Charmin! The Musical” (co-written remotely with John J. Enright in America) has been performed in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the Best Musical award there.…

Anne Tan

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I am a freelance songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand, and I can write melody, lyrics or both. I prefer the pop/classical style (in the spirit of ABBA, Celine Dion, Richard Clayderman, Bee Gees) but am willing to take a shot at almost anything. My songs “Dream A Dream” and “I Want To Fly Away” have been featured on two volumes of WOA Records’ Independent No. 1s compilation albums, and more recently, my only musical “Charmin! The Musical” (co-written remotely with John J. Enright in America) has been performed in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the Best Musical award there.…

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I am a freelance songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand, and I can write melody, lyrics or both. I prefer the pop/classical style (in the spirit of ABBA, Celine Dion, Richard Clayderman, Bee Gees) but am willing to take a shot at almost anything.

My songs “Dream A Dream” and “I Want To Fly Away” have been featured on two volumes of WOA Records’ Independent No. 1s compilation albums, and more recently, my only musical “Charmin! The Musical” (co-written remotely with John J. Enright in America) has been performed in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the Best Musical award there.

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    paper The Breeze At Sunrise

    A relaxing easy-listening pure instrumental

    paper I Want To Fly Away

    A light, wistful but hopeful song about a girl working in a routine job, but having dreams of travel to faraway places…no, it’s definitely NOT based on the songwriter’s personal experience, why do you ask? (Shifty eyes) Ahem…anyway, this was features on WOA Records’ Independent No. 1’s, Volume 9 album in 2019.

    paper Charmin! The Musical

    A 30-minute short comedic musical set in (and originally written in) 2020, featuring the troubles of an American couple in lockdown and the ever-looming prospect of running out of toilet paper. Performed in 2025 at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winner of Best Musical there.

    Idea, story, script and lyrics by John J. Enright
    Music by Anne Tan

    paper I Will Carry On, sung by Mella Barnes

    An emotional ballad about resiliency and the determination to keep living after heartbreak, written in the spirit of power ballads by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey

    paper Dream A Dream

    An inspirational ballad in the spirit of those found in big Disney musicals, encouraging the listener to dream and follow their dreams. Featured on WOA Records’ Independent No. 1’s, Volume 8 in 2018